May 7, 2008 2:03 pm US/Pacific
Bees And Honey Found Inside Elk Grove Home
ELK GROVE, Calif. (CBS13) ―
Bees begone! A Sacramento County couple can finally go to sleep without hearing buzzing after a bee keeper removed thousands of bees and buckets of honey from inside the walls of their home.
Terry and Jennifer Ferkel were pretty sure the sound coming from inside the wall of their master bathroom was bees.
"I heard the buzzing, louder than my electric toothbrush," said Jennifer Ferkel, "I turned it off and then I heard the drones."
Today, Paul Baumeister of Master Pest Control went searching for the insects in the Elk Grove home. First he drilled a few holes, then peeled away some drywall and then he hit the sweet spot...literally.
"If you see them going in and out real quick you probably have honey and wax in the walls," explained Baumeister who estimates there were between 40 and 60,000 honeybees were living behind the dry wall and insulation.
Jennifer and Terry didn't want to just kill the bees to get ride of them since honeybees are declining in numbers.
"We wanted to find someone to save the bees and relocate them to another location," said Ferkel.
So Baumeister used a special vacuum and a box to gently suck up the bees which were not especially happy about it. He'll later transport them to a safe area.
He then removed the rows of honeycomb the bees had built in between the wall studs. He says it held about 5 pounds of honey.
Amazingly, Baumeister says the colony is only about a month old. If it had been left alone for another month, it would have doubled in size to about 80,000 bees.
Today, Paul Baumeister of Master Pest Control went searching for the insects in the Elk Grove home. First he drilled a few holes, then peeled away some drywall and then he hit the sweet spot...literally."If you see them going in and out real quick you probably have honey and wax in the walls," explained Baumeister who estimates there were between 40 and 60,000 honeybees were living behind the dry wall and insulation. Jennifer and Terry didn't want to just kill the bees to get ride of them since honeybees are declining in numbers. "We wanted to find someone to save the bees and relocate them to another location," said Ferkel. So Baumeister used a special vacuum and a box to gently suck up the bees which were not especially happy about it. He'll later transport them to a safe area. He then removed the rows of honeycomb the bees had built in between the wall studs. He says it held about 5 pounds of honey.Amazingly, Baumeister says the colony is only about a month old. If it had been left alone for another month, it would have doubled in size to about 80,000 bees.
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